{"id":46209,"date":"2023-10-17T16:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/two-high-school-learners-drowned-in-rivers-on-their-way-home-20231017\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:05:48","slug":"two-high-school-learners-drowned-in-rivers-on-their-way-home-20231017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/two-high-school-learners-drowned-in-rivers-on-their-way-home-20231017\/","title":{"rendered":"Two learners drowned in rivers on their way home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two learners from different schools in Ngqeleni drowned while they were trying to cross two rivers, both were coming from school when these incidents happened yesterday, October 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police spokesperson, Captain Welile Matyolo confirmed that in the first incident, a girl learner (20) from Pangalele Senior Secondary School (SSS) drowned in the Ngxangxasini River at the Dlaka location at about 11:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHer body has not yet been recovered, and Ngqeleni police have summoned K9 divers from East London to search. 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